They particularly want to target the city's parks to halt loutish behaviour and make them more family-friendly.

Anyone breaching the by-law would face court action.

At a meeting of Liverpool council on Wednesday, the proposal will receive all-party support.

The leader of Liverpool council, Mike Storey, said today the initiative had his full backing.

He added: "This is something which I support. Drinking, particularly in the parks, is something which needs to be tackled.

"Parks are there for people to enjoy and young people congregating and drinking in the parks is not an image which we want. This is something which can cause problems for both themselves and other people.

"Tackling the problem through educating the young people seems to be the right way forward."

Cllr Paul Brant, Labour's spokesman for the environment, added: "This is something which we would support.

"There are problems with alcohol being abused in the parks and it is in all of our interests to try to stop this and to educate our young people."

Cllr Deputy said: "I receive numerous complaints about youths and drinking which can be followed with trouble.

"I am fearful that we will have a generation of young people growing up to have criminal records which will stick with them for the rest of their lives and all as a result of drink."

Cllr Deputy believes the introduction of a by-law will also help to educate young people.

He added: "We would hope to work in conjunction with the police and health groups.

"We do not want to come down hard on these people and court proceedings will not necessarily have to follow.

"Serious offences obviously will have to be taken to court but rather than people getting a criminal record we can offer help.

"In the more severe cases we would want to refer the young person to a detox unit but in other situations a young person could be referred for counselling.

"Our fear is that we could end up with a generation of alcoholics. We have got to take action before the situation gets out of hand."

Peter Ouston, chair of Woolton Village Residents' Association, has welcomed the idea of a by-law.

He said: "Binge drinking on the streets and in the parks is a problem.

"We have had instances of trees being burned down and residents being threatened and this is all related to under-age drinking.

"Residents in the community do not want to suffer and at the same time these youths are doing nothing for the image of the city. We do, however, want to try to help the young people who are engaging in such behaviour."